Child&#39;s feeding dish



June 22, 1943. T. A. RYAN 2,322,665

CHILDS FEEDING DISH Filed April 22, 1940 THON/@5 /-7 RYAN INVENTOR BY mfg l ATTORNEY Patented `Iune 2.?, 1943 UNITED STA'IES PATENT OFFICE CHILDS FEEDING DISH Application April 22, 1940, Serial No. 330,888

6 Claims. (Cl. 65-15) This invention relates to a. childs feeding dish and has reference particularly to improvements in a dish of this character which is provided with a separable compartment or receptacle adapted to contain liquid at a temperature at which the food in the dish should be maintained.

Dishes of this character have been devised which are composed of a single piece of metal or porcelain having an upper receptacle for the food and a lower compartment for hot water which transfers its heat to the food and maintains it for considerable time at the proper temperature. The cost involved in the production of a single piece dish of this character is particularly large and it is usually a cast article which requires relatively heavy walls and results in a dish of considerable weight.

With the foregoing in mind it is the principal object of the present invention to provide a dish and a separate supporting receptacle of relatively light weight materials, which will not sacrifice any of the sturdy qualities required of a childs dish of this character, but which will be possible to manufacture and sell at a cost very much lower than it has been possible to do in cast Ware.

It is a further object of this invention to construct the liquid receptacle of a metal which is both light in weight and of maximum thermal conductivity and to combine with the metal receptacle a food dish which may be made of a plastic or similar non-breakable material of relatively thin gauge and of a vast assortment of colors and designs.

A still further object of my invention is to construct the .food dish and its associated receptacle with means for securely attaching them together to form a single unit and to utilize the attaching means as a handle or grip whereby the unit may be carried.

I accomplish these objects by means of the embodiment of my invention hereinafter described, set forth in the appended claims and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a substantially longitudinal sectional view of the invention taken on lines I-I of Figure 2; and

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the dish showing parts broken away to disclose the liquid receptacle.

Referring to the drawing, II) denotes a hollow closed base receptacle to contain the hot or cold liquid and II an open dish which is supported upon the base I0.

The base I0 comprises preferably a round metal container having a bottom I2, side wall I3 and slightlyarchedtop I4. The side wall I3v projects below the bottom IZ'and is turned outwardly upon itself to form an outside peripheral shoulder I5 at substantially the `elevation'of the bottom I2. The center of the top I4 is provided with an opening and an upright tubular neck portion IB which is externally threaded at its upper end, and which is used to admit and discharge the heating or cooling liquid.

The dish II comprises a bottom I1 having a profile to contact the surface of the top I4 and being provided with a central upstanding neck portion I8 to embrace the neck I6 and to project to the inner end of the threads thereof. The bottom I'I of the dish II at its periphery turns upwardly about a curve I 9 and joins the upright side wall 20, which rises to the elevation of the upper end of the neck I8 and which is turned outwardly to form a lateral annular rim 2I. Depending from the curve I9 and slightly inside the periphery of the Wall 20 Iis a skirt or flange portion 22 which fits snugly over the side wall I3 of the container I I) and its lower end rests upon the shoulder I5. In the present form the dish II is subdivided into segmental compartments 23 by means of radially disposed walls 24 projecting from the neck I8 to the side wall 20.

The threaded end of the neck I6 projects above the neck I8 of the dish and receives a screw cap 25 which closes the opening into the base receptacle and engages the upper end of the neck I8 to hold the dish II and receptacle I0 together so as to maintain the top I4 of the latter in contact with the bottom I1 of the dish. The screw cap 25 is also intended for use as a handle by means of which the unit may be lifted and carried.

In use the hot or cold liquid is poured into the receptacle I0 through the neck IB and the screw cap 25 is tightened against the neck I8 of the dish II which will retain its proper temperature because of the contact of the bottom I1 with the top I4 through which the temperature 0f the liquid is transferred. When the dish II is ready for washing, it is disconnected from the base I0 by simply removing the cap 25 and separating the two parts. While the cap 25 is off, the liquid may be drained oii or the receptacle relled.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a closed receptacle provided with an inlet and outlet spout and adapted to contain liquid and a separate open dish resting directly upon and in direct heat transferring contact with the receptacle and having a deing an exterior peripheral shoulder in its side wall, and an upright tubular neck projecting from the top, and a separate open dish resting directly upon and in heat transferring contactwith said receptacle and having an upright neck to t over and embrace the lower portion of said first neck, said dish having a depending skirt portion to t over and embrace the side of the receptacle and rest upon the shoulder thereof, and a cap to close the first neck portion and engage the second neck^v to hold` the receptacle and dish together and to form a handle whereby they nay be lifted andv carried.`

4. The combination of a closed receptacle to contain liquid at required temperature having an upright central neck portion projecting from the top and a depending portion about the bottom of its side Wall to form an external shoulder, and a separate open dish resting directly upon and in heat transferring contact with the receptacle and having a. central upright neck portion to t over the lower portion of the first neck, said dish being further provided with a depending skirt closely embracing the side of the receptacle and resting upon the shoulder thereof, and a cap to screw over the upper end of the first neck and to engage the second neck to hold the receptacle and dish together.

5. The combinationV claimed in claim 4, in which the open dish is provided with partitions to subdivide the same into a plurality of compartments.

6. The combination -claimed in claim 4, in which the contacting bottom Wall of the dish and top wall of the receptacle taper downwardly from the neck portions towards the side walls.

THOMAS A. RYAN. Y 

